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   IOWA (KTIV) -- It's been two years since the body of 20-year-old   
   University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts was found in a   
   cornfield in a rural area outside of Brooklyn Iowa.   
      
   The University of Iowa student was last seen jogging on July 18,   
   2018. She had been staying at a nearby home dog sitting for a   
   friend of her boyfriend when she disappeared. Her boyfriend   
   reported he was last in touch with her via Snapchat that night.   
      
   For over a month, communities across the nation put her face on   
   posters and t-shirts in an effort to find her. Local and federal   
   Investigators followed hundreds of tips from across the state   
   and nation to find Mollie.   
      
   A reward for her safe return grew to over $400,000.   
      
   Eventually, the investigation led to 24-year-old Cristian Bahena   
   Rivera, a Mexican national in the country illegally.   
      
   Surveillance video showed Rivera was following Tibbetts the   
   night of her disappearance. Rivera told authorities he   
   approached Tibbetts during her jog, on a rural part of 385th   
   Street in Brooklyn.   
      
   When Tibbets threatened to call the police, Rivera says he   
   "blacked out."   
      
   Rivera eventually led authorities to a rural stretch of 460th   
   Avenue in Brooklyn where Mollie's body was found. Authorities   
   say it was an area they had searched several times during their   
   investigation.   
      
   Autopsy results showed Tibbetts died from multiple injuries   
   resulting in sharp force.   
      
   On Aug. 21, 2018, Rivera was charged with first-degree murder in   
   her death.   
      
   The trial was set to take place in Poweshiek County. But that   
   would change as attornies felt they wouldn't be able to get a   
   fair and partial jury in the county.   
      
   The trial was then moved to Sioux City in March of last year,   
   with it scheduled to begin in September of 2019. After several   
   delays, the trial was set to begin in September of 2020.   
      
   But COVID-19 played a role in another delay and eventually moved   
   the trial out of Woodbury County. Court documents filed in July   
   claimed with the number of cases in Woodbury County and the   
   hurdles both sides would face with COVID-19 restrictions, that   
   moving the trial would be beneficial.   
      
   The trial is now scheduled to begin on Jan. 25, 2021 in Scott   
   County.   
      
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